'Film Europe' and 'Film America' (Paperback)

Prof. Andrew Higson

ISBN 10: 0859895467 / ISBN 13: 9780859895460

Verlag: University of Exeter, Exter, 1999

Paperback. A volume of specially-commissioned essays dealing with the attempts to create a pan-European film production movement in the 1920s and 1930s, and the reactions of the American film industry to these plans to rival its hegemony. The book has an impressive array of top scholars from both America and Europe, including Thomas Elsaesser, Kristin Thompson and Ginette Vincendeau, as well as essays by some younger scholars who have recently completed new archival research. It also includes a number of primary documents selected by the contributors to illuminate their arguments and provide a stimulus to further research.This book is a volume in the series Exeter Studies in Film History, and represents a major contribution to cinema scholarship as well as reflecting a strong interest in an area of study currently being developed in university departments and at the British Film Institute.Winner Prix Jean Mitry 2000 A volume of specially-commissioned essays dealing with the attempts to create a pan-European film production movement in the 1920s and 1930s, and the reactions of the American film industry to these plans to rival its hegemony. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9780859895460

Inhaltsangabe:

A volume of specially-commissioned essays dealing with the attempts to create a pan-European film production movement in the 1920s and 1930s, and the reactions of the American film industry to these plans to rival its hegemony. The book has an impressive array of top scholars from both America and Europe, including Thomas Elsaesser, Kristin Thompson and Ginette Vincendeau, as well as essays by some younger scholars who have recently completed new archival research. It also includes a number of primary documents selected by the contributors to illuminate their arguments and provide a stimulus to further research. This book is a volume in the series Exeter Studies in Film History, and represents a major contribution to cinema scholarship as well as reflecting a strong interest in an area of study currently being developed in university departments and at the British Film Institute. Winner Prix Jean Mitry 2000

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor:

Andrew Higson is Professor of Film and Television at the University of York in the UK. He taught at the University of East Anglia from 1986 to 2008, where he was head of Film and Television Studies for several years. He has published widely on British cinema and on debates about national cinema. He is the author of English Heritage, English Cinema: Costume Drama Since 1980 (OUP, 2003) and Waving the Flag: Constructing a National Cinema in Britain (OUP, 1995); as editor, his books include Young and Innocent? The Cinema in Britain, 1896-1930 (University of Exeter Press, 2002), British Cinema, Past and Present, co-edited with Justine Ashby (Routledge, 2000).

Bibliografische Details

Titel: 'Film Europe' and 'Film America' (Paperback)
Verlag: University of Exeter, Exter
Erscheinungsdatum: 1999
Einband: Paperback
Zustand: new